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Please, can somebody tell me the latest on this. There is too much dispute as far as I can see.. I have read the following on veggieboards.com:
-BK fries are vegan
-BK fries contain a poultry based ingredient
-BK fries are vegetarian
-BK is changing their french fry production format
And I once read on their website that they contain gelatinized coating.
Can I have the latest word on their french fries. Thank you !!
-John
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Posted 27 January 2004 - 03:56 PM
It may vary from country to country. I would call for the final word. But I have been assuming that they contain a poultry ingredient.
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Posted 27 January 2004 - 04:07 PM
From http://www.burgerkin...http://www.burgerking.com/Food/Nutrition/ingredients.aspx...
Do with it what you will.
FRENCH FRIES
Potatoes, Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Modified Potato Starch, Rice Flour, Potato Dextrin, Salt, Leavening (Disodium Dihydrogen Pyrophosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate), Sunflower Oil, Dextrose, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate added to preserve natural color, Natural† and Artificial Flavors, Xanthan Gum, Thiamine Hydrochloride, Medium Chain Triglycerides, Smoke Flavor. †Natural flavors from plant sources.
Do with it what you will.
FRENCH FRIES
Potatoes, Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Modified Potato Starch, Rice Flour, Potato Dextrin, Salt, Leavening (Disodium Dihydrogen Pyrophosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate), Sunflower Oil, Dextrose, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate added to preserve natural color, Natural† and Artificial Flavors, Xanthan Gum, Thiamine Hydrochloride, Medium Chain Triglycerides, Smoke Flavor. †Natural flavors from plant sources.
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Posted 27 January 2004 - 04:54 PM
I know this is just a blog but they seem to have a reliable source...
http://www.livejourn...http://www.livejournal.com/community/vegetarian/2001/03/27/
http://www.livejourn...http://www.livejournal.com/community/vegetarian/2001/03/27/
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"Is the ingredient known as pre-gelatinized wheat starch vegetarian?
According to A Consumer's Dictionary of Food Additives: " When starch and water are heated the starch molecules burst and form a gelatin."
According to The Dictionary of Food Ingredients it is a starch that has been created by swelling wheat in cold water. It is also known as gelatinized wheat starch.
According to A Consumer's Dictionary of Food Additives: " When starch and water are heated the starch molecules burst and form a gelatin."
According to The Dictionary of Food Ingredients it is a starch that has been created by swelling wheat in cold water. It is also known as gelatinized wheat starch.
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Posted 27 January 2004 - 05:21 PM
From http://www.vrg.org/fries.htm
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Information About Burger King's French Fries
April 28, 2003
Burger King’s Media Relations department has informed us that the poultry-derived amino acid is no longer part of the natural flavoring used on their French fries. We are waiting for written confirmation.
Please note that as of October 2002, and still at the time of this update, the Burger King website contains the following: "Burger King Corporation makes no claim that the BK VEGGIE™ Burger or any other of its products meets the requirements of a vegan or vegetarian diet."
June 7, 2002
In 1997, while researching for our Guide to Fast Food, we were told by Burger King that their French fries contained nothing “which would present a problem to [a vegetarian] diet. No whey, no dairy products, no beef fat, no flavoring from animals.” Recently, however, Burger King Customer Relations asserted that the fries are not to be considered vegetarian.
Burger King’s Media Relations department stated that the fries do contain a small amount of a poultry-based amino acid used for flavoring. They are not able to provide any documentation to this effect. The flavoring is currently under further development. Burger King’s Product Consistency department informed us that the recipe for the French fry coating was last reformulated in the spring of 2001. In the meantime, vegetarians who choose to eat the BK VEGGIE™ may want to order it without the fries.
Check this site for updates.
(Please note that the BK Veggie bun is not vegan and you may want to ask for the patty to be microwaved rather than prepared on the grill with the other meat products.)
April 28, 2003
Burger King’s Media Relations department has informed us that the poultry-derived amino acid is no longer part of the natural flavoring used on their French fries. We are waiting for written confirmation.
Please note that as of October 2002, and still at the time of this update, the Burger King website contains the following: "Burger King Corporation makes no claim that the BK VEGGIE™ Burger or any other of its products meets the requirements of a vegan or vegetarian diet."
June 7, 2002
In 1997, while researching for our Guide to Fast Food, we were told by Burger King that their French fries contained nothing “which would present a problem to [a vegetarian] diet. No whey, no dairy products, no beef fat, no flavoring from animals.” Recently, however, Burger King Customer Relations asserted that the fries are not to be considered vegetarian.
Burger King’s Media Relations department stated that the fries do contain a small amount of a poultry-based amino acid used for flavoring. They are not able to provide any documentation to this effect. The flavoring is currently under further development. Burger King’s Product Consistency department informed us that the recipe for the French fry coating was last reformulated in the spring of 2001. In the meantime, vegetarians who choose to eat the BK VEGGIE™ may want to order it without the fries.
Check this site for updates.
(Please note that the BK Veggie bun is not vegan and you may want to ask for the patty to be microwaved rather than prepared on the grill with the other meat products.)
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